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The Vale of York Hoard was found in 2007, and was the largest Viking Age hoard found in England since the Cuerdale Hoard. It is on display at The Yorkshire Museum in 2015. The hoard comprises a gilded silver cup, silver coins, silver objects and a…

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The Bedale hoard was found in 2012. It consists of gold and silver items, and an inlaid gold sword hilt. These images were taken at The Yorkshire Museum in York

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Buckle from Åker, Vang in Hedemark dating to around the year 600. On display in the Historisk museum, Oslo

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Shield grip from Åker, Vang in Hedemark dating to around the year 600. On display in the Historisk museum, Oslo

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Buckle from Åker, Vang in Hedemark dating to around the year 600. On display in the Historisk museum, Oslo

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Four gold neck-rings from Vulum, Malvik, Sør-Trøndelag on display in the Historisk museum, Oslo. Tenth or eleventh century.

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A gold Viking arm-ring in The Yorkshire Museum, York. It was found among the possessions of a local builder after his death.

Mounts reworked as pendants from Slemmedal hoard
The Slemmedal hoard is one of the largest Viking-Age hoards found in Norway. It was found in Grimstad on 19th May 1981, and consisted of 2.3kg of silver and gold artefacts.

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Three amateur archaeologists have found the largest hoard of gold from the Viking Age in Denmark. It comprised seven gold arm-rings and weight c. 900g.

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Conservators have released images of the contents of a Carolingian cup that formed part of the Galloway Hoard.

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Disc-on-bow brooch, gilt copper alloy and garnet. Gotland, Sweden, 500-700 AD. Photographed at the Ashmolean Museum. AN1909.28

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The Källunge weather vane from Källunge, Gotland, Sweden was once on the church there. It is decorated in a transitional Mammen/Ringerike style.

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Silversmith at the Viking Market at Ribe VikingCenter. Silver jewellery based on Viking-Age designs are produced using traditional methods and sold at the Viking Market in the Ribe VikingCenter. Silver (rather than gold) was used as the main currency…

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Article in the Independent newspaper discussing the find of a tenth-century crucifix in Denmark (the Aunslev Cross) which is very similar to one found in Sweden, and provides evidence of adoption of Christianity in Denmark at an earlier date than…

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A silver crucifix from Björkö in Sweden discovered in the late nineteenth century and housed in The Swedish History Museum (Historiska). Often considered the oldest crucifix in Sweden. For more images and higher resolution, see hereA very…

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A Viking-themed punch bowl designed by Paulding Farnham and made by Tiffany & Co.

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One from two golden pendants with Terslev motif from chamber grave 5 from eastern part of southern cemetery in Hedeby.

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Anglo-Scandinavian gold ring from Ixworth in Suffolk. 900-1050.
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